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The Spanish photographer and reporter travelled along the external borders of the European Union with his colleague Guillermo Abril their book is called The Crack External link. “This green on the walls – it should be reassuring, right?” jokes Carlos Spottorno External link. There are about a dozen of us down here, including some of the artists. Instead, the bunker now houses art: an exhibition of the international comic festival Fumetto External link, entitled “Shelter – drawn into crisis” and featuring the work of comic artists who have experienced crises situations in different ways. Then something very Swiss happened the emergency never came. The huge bunker was built in the 1970s, in case of war or nuclear disaster. A few metres within the tunnel, anxiety sets in. The picture-perfect city, the subject of countless smartphone photos, is quite a contrast to this exhibition. The city is a perfect dollhouse, points out someone from our group, which is descending into the Sonnenberg civil protection facility. There is indeed something introspective about Lucerne, far from all the world’s crises.

I got a bus pass here, but I haven’t used it yet,” he laughs. “Lucerne is beautiful, but so small compared to Cairo. “I don’t know what I think of Switzerland yet,” says Mohamed Wahba.

Deutsch (de) Kunst im Bombenkeller am Comicfestival Fumetto (original).

When the Civil Defense message changed from "shelter" to "evacuation," Wright "evacuated" Bert. The sign under Bert's enclosure reads, "The Original Bert the Turtle lived 1,000 years because he knew enough to Duck and Cover. It became a popular attraction promoting civil defense in Maine. Bruce Wright, public relations director of the Maine Civil Defense and Public Safety Department, acquired the turtle from a Brunswick doctor who had gotten it from sailors at Brunswick Naval Air Station.

One of the most enduring campaigns was the Bert the Turtle "Duck and Cover" The symbol for a national Civil Defense motivational effort was Bert the Turtle, who taught children how to "duck and cover" in case of danger.Ī live Bert, a 50-pound North African sea turtle, appeared on a float at the Rockland Seafood Festival in the late 1950s.Ĭ. In addition to providing information and warnings about fallout shelters and rations, Civil Defense workers educated children (and others) about personal safety.